What if a technology designed to save lives quietly became a tool to collect money? Louisiana has just taken a stand—and the rest of the aviation world should be paying attention. For years, ADS-B has been promoted as one of the biggest advances in aviation safety. It allows aircraft to broadcast their precise position, altitude, speed, and direction, giving pilots and air traffic controllers far better situational awareness. It is a safety tool—not a luxury. Now, there is some encouraging news from the United States. Louisiana has officially become the third U.S. state to ban the use of ADS-B flight data for billing aircraft owners. The move follows similar legislation in North Dakota and Montana. The concern is simple: ADS-B was introduced to improve safety, but in some places the same data has started being used to generate landing or airport fees. Many pilots and aviation organizations, including the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), have argued that this creates the w...
Should we move from a big organization to a small organization? What reasons can influence your decision when you move from a large to a small organization? How does it feel when you transition from a big company to a small company? What qualifies as a big organization and a small organization? Recently, I switched from a big company to a small company, this is what it looked like from the outside and in my first introduction. Here in this blog I share some of my experiences. Chandigarh University is a big company, and I dared to call it a company and not an educational institution because these private firms are in-fact selling education. There is little of actual value underneath the glitz and glamour that one sees from the outside of these organizations. I managed to spend two years at Chandigarh University in one of its core management departments. When things started becoming difficult and analyzing the dim chances of promotion, I decided to make the move to some other company. Un...